Hudspeth v. State

JOHN T. BOYD, Chief Justice.

After a jury found him guilty of the felony offense of retaliation on April 21, 1999, appellant George Milton Hudspeth was sentenced by the trial court to 25 years confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Appellant filed a motion for new trial before sentence was pronounced and a hearing was held on the motion June 22, 1999. After the hearing concluded on July 6, 1999, the trial court rendered its judgment and appellant filed his notice of appeal the same day.

Appellant’s appointed counsel on appeal has filed a brief in…